Be There as the Rapids Honor a Legend This Saturday!

June 27, 2010

COMMERCE CITY CO (ColoradoRapids.com) - Your Colorado Rapids play host to Eddie Johnson Kevin Hartman and the rest of the Kansas City Wizards this Saturday May 19 at 7:00pm at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Saturday's match will be the first match of the year between these 2 clubs. The Rapids are 12-4-4 all-time against the Wizards when playing in Colorado.

Your Rapids currently are sitting in 1st place in the Western Conference on 11 points while Kansas City are in the #2 slot in the East on 12 points.

For the full match preview of this game visit the Colorado Rapids' Official Match-Up Page featuring interactive projected lineups insider game notes and the latest injury and suspension reports by clicking here!

Saturday's match will also feature a homecoming for Wizards Assistant Coach Chris Henderson a longtime Rapids fan favorite who played for the Rapids from 1996-98 and also from 2002-05 and who still holds several of Colorado's all-time player statistic records.

The Rapids will hold a special ceremony honoring Henderson at halftime of Saturday night's match as he becomes only the third player ever inducted into the Colorado Rapids Gallery of Honor. Rapids fans won't want to miss this historic ceremony at halftime!

The first 5000 fans into the stadium on Saturday night will also receive a FREE commemorative Chris Henderson mini-poster honoring his Gallery of Honor induction. Gates open at 6pm on Saturday make sure you arrive early to ensure yours!

Saturday's game also features the Rocky Mountain News Family Night package: fans can get 4 tickets 4 hot dogs and 4 sodas for only $69 for this game! To order your Family Night package for this game click here!

If you haven't already purchased single game tickets to this match you can do so online by clicking here.

The Colorado Rapids look forward to seeing fans for all the festivities at Saturday night's home game at Dick's Sporting Goods Park!